ENGRAFT

implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant

(verb) fix or set securely or deeply; “He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”; “The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”

graft, engraft, ingraft

(verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants; “graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

engraft (third-person singular simple present engrafts, present participle engrafting, simple past and past participle engrafted)

To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant

To fix firmly into place

Adjective

engraft (comparative more engraft, superlative most engraft)

(rare) Engrafted.

Anagrams

• fragnet

Source: Wiktionary


En*graft", v. t.

Definition: See Ingraft. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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